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This sounds a bit fishy – how could Appcelerator even get an app pulled from the app store? DMCA?

by mikl 14y ago

tszming 14y ago
Maybe if the developer is not complying the opensource license [1] e.g. Apache 2.0 >> Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. [1] http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3966116/where-to-put-open-source-credit-information-for-an-iphone-app http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3966116/where-to-put-open...
- adambenayoun 14y ago
  you could get an app pulled from the appstore using the DMCA - however if all he did was using the appcelerator module which is licensed under a permissive license (apache v2) - they would have no ground. He's using something else there (perhaps their cloud services who are probably free for free apps and costs money for paid apps).
  - protomyth 14y ago
    He has a bullet point that says: "Uses no Appcelerator services such as cloud storage, analytics or push notifications"
    - adambenayoun 14y ago
      Right - my bad - missed that
cube13 14y ago
I agree. If the guy's story is correct, it doesn't seem that Appcelerator should have even noticed their usage of the framework at all. Unless it was for a huge client that's gotten hundreds of thousands of downloads(which I don't think is the case), it seems like there's something else going on here.
- Malcx 14y ago
  It's < 10k downloads over 2 weeks. It doesn't appear to be a scam, more a case of an over zealous sales department. However, even if it is to do with displaying the Apache license as mentioned below, the behavior is pretty aggressive and financially orientated when a simple request could resolve it. I will post a follow up comment when I know more, but for now the dev relations team has reached out to us...

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This sounds a bit fishy – how could Appcelerator even get an app pulled from the app store? DMCA?

by mikl 14y ago

This sounds a bit fishy – how could Appcelerator even get an app pulled from the app store? DMCA?

tszming 14y ago
Maybe if the developer is not complying the opensource license [1] e.g. Apache 2.0 >> Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. [1] http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3966116/where-to-put-open-source-credit-information-for-an-iphone-app http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3966116/where-to-put-open...
- adambenayoun 14y ago
  you could get an app pulled from the appstore using the DMCA - however if all he did was using the appcelerator module which is licensed under a permissive license (apache v2) - they would have no ground. He's using something else there (perhaps their cloud services who are probably free for free apps and costs money for paid apps).
  - protomyth 14y ago
    He has a bullet point that says: "Uses no Appcelerator services such as cloud storage, analytics or push notifications"
    - adambenayoun 14y ago
      Right - my bad - missed that
cube13 14y ago
I agree. If the guy's story is correct, it doesn't seem that Appcelerator should have even noticed their usage of the framework at all. Unless it was for a huge client that's gotten hundreds of thousands of downloads(which I don't think is the case), it seems like there's something else going on here.
- Malcx 14y ago
  It's < 10k downloads over 2 weeks. It doesn't appear to be a scam, more a case of an over zealous sales department. However, even if it is to do with displaying the Apache license as mentioned below, the behavior is pretty aggressive and financially orientated when a simple request could resolve it. I will post a follow up comment when I know more, but for now the dev relations team has reached out to us...